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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS CSKA Arena - Moscow Thursday 3 October 2019 18.55CET (19.55 local time) PFC CSKA Moskva Group H - Matchday 2 RCD Espanyol Last updated 28/02/2020 14:51CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 PFC CSKA Moskva - RCD Espanyol Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit CSKA Arena, Moscow Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams PFC CSKA Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chalov 37, Real Madrid CF - PFC CSKA 12/12/2018 GS 0-3 Madrid Schennikov 43, Moskva Sigurdsson 73 PFC CSKA Moskva - Real 02/10/2018 GS 1-0 Moscow Vlašić 2 Madrid CF UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Higuaín 26, Ronaldo Real Madrid CF - PFC CSKA 4-1 14/03/2012 R16 Madrid 55, 90+4, Benzema Moskva agg: 5-2 70; Z. Tošić 77 PFC CSKA Moskva - Real Madrid Wernbloom 90+3; 21/02/2012 R16 1-1 Moscow CF Ronaldo 28 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Perotti 41; Necid 39, 16/03/2010 R16 Sevilla FC - PFC CSKA Moskva Seville agg: 2-3 Honda 55 González 66; 24/02/2010 R16 PFC CSKA Moskva - Sevilla FC 1-1 Moscow Negredo 25 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PFC CSKA Moskva - Real Club Dzagoev 9, 12, 23/10/2008 GS 3-0 Moscow Deportivo La Coruña Vágner Love 61 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Nadal 13, Begiristain FC Barcelona - PFC CSKA 2-3 31; Bushmanov 44, 04/11/1992 R2 Barcelona Moskva agg: 3-4 Mashkarin 57, Korsakov 60 PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Grichine 17; 21/10/1992 R2 1-1 Moscow Barcelona Begiristain 58 RCD Espanyol - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Lokomotiv Moskva - RCD 19/10/2005 GS 0-1 Moscow Tamudo 53 Espanyol 2 PFC CSKA Moskva - RCD Espanyol Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit CSKA Arena, Moscow Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA PFC CSKA Moskva 5 2 3 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 3 1 16 10 RCD Espanyol 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 PFC CSKA Moskva - RCD Espanyol Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit CSKA Arena, Moscow Match background A second-half collapse on matchday one has put the pressure on CSKA Moskva as they make their home debut in UEFA Europa League Group H against an Espanyol side surprisingly held at home in their opening game. • CSKA led Ludogorets 1-0 at half-time in their first fixture thanks to 19-year-old defender Igor Diveev's first European goal, but it was one-way traffic after the interval as the Bulgarian champions recovered to win 5-1, inflicting CSKA's heaviest defeat in the UEFA Europa League or UEFA Cup. Meanwhile, Espanyol drew 1-1 against Ferencváros in Barcelona thanks to Matías Vargas's 60th-minute equaliser. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time. • CSKA have never lost at home to Spanish visitors (W2 D3), their most memorable result coming last season when they defeated Real Madrid 1-0 on matchday two of the UEFA Champions League with an early Nikola Vlašić strike. They then completed a remarkable double over the holders with a 3-0 win at the Estadio Bernabéu. • Espanyol's one previous trip to Russia in UEFA competition brought a 1-0 win at Lokomotiv Moskva in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. Form guide CSKA • CSKA finished fourth in last season's Russian Premier League, missing out on a spot in the UEFA Champions League, where they had been group stage participants for six straight years, but qualifying directly for a first UEFA Europa League group campaign since their only previous participation in 2010/11. • They collected 16 points from their six group games in that 2010/11 campaign to top their section and progress to the round of 16, where they were eliminated by eventual winners Porto. Two seasons ago, having finished third in their UEFA Champions League group, the 2004/05 UEFA Cup winners made it to the UEFA Europa League quarter- finals, where they were knocked out by Arsenal. • CSKA won all three of their Moscow fixtures in that 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage, but the six home matches they have played in the competition since then have yielded just one victory (D2 L3). Espanyol • Espanyol finished seventh in the 2018/19 Spanish Liga, edging out Athletic Club on the head-to-head rule to book a return to the European stage for the first time since their appearance in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup final, which they lost on penalties to Sevilla after a 2-2 draw in Glasgow. • The Barcelona-based club, who also lost the 1987/88 UEFA Cup final on spot kicks to Bayer Leverkusen, cruised through their first two qualifying ties this term, defeating Stjarnan 7-1 on aggregate and Luzern 6-0 over the two legs before overcoming Zorya Luhansk in the play-offs (3-1 h, 2-2 a). • Espanyol are undefeated in their last 21 European games against non-Spanish opposition, including the last ten on their travels (W6 D4). They have not lost a European match in regulation play since Schalke beat them home (2-1) and away (3-0) in the third round of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup. Links and trivia • Before joining Espanyol, Brazilian defender Naldo played in Russia for FC Krasnodar in 2016/17, including one match against CSKA, a 1-1 draw. • Espanyol are one of six clubs making their debut in the UEFA Europa League group stage this term. The others are LASK, Olexandriya, Wolfsberg, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Group H rivals Ferencváros. The coaches • Appointed by CSKA to replace long-serving coach Leonid Slutski in December 2016, Viktor Goncharenko had earned a growing reputation in Russian football, notably as Slutski's assistant. He made his name as a coach in his native Belarus at BATE Borisov, winning five straight league titles and leading the club into the UEFA Champions League group stage on three occasions. In his first full season as CSKA boss he led the Muscovites to the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals and a runners-up spot in the domestic league. • Appointed head coach of Espanyol in June 2019 following Rubi's departure for Real Betis, David Gallego has been on the coaching staff of the Barcelona-based club since 2013, working chiefly with the youth and B teams – although he did have a fleeting spell in charge of the first team at the end of 2017/18. A native Catalan, his playing career was spent at a multitude of clubs, all but one of them – Recreativo Huelva (2002/03) – in Spain's lower leagues. He decided to hang up his boots in 2009 at the age of 37. 4 PFC CSKA Moskva - RCD Espanyol Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit CSKA Arena, Moscow Team facts PFC CSKA Moskva Formed: 1911 Nickname: Armeytsi (Army Men) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 2005 • UEFA Super Cup: (2005) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2016) USSR/Russian Cup: 12 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2018/19: UEFA Champions League group stage 2017/18: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: UEFA Champions League group stage 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: CSKA v Lausanne 02/12/10, UEFA Europa League group stage 4-0 twice, most recently v Anorthosis Famagusta 19/08/10, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: three times, most recently v Real Madrid 12/12/18, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: CSKA v Manchester United 27/09/17, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Marseille v CSKA 17/03/93, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: CSKA v Lausanne (see above) 4-0 twice, most recently v Anorthosis Famagusta (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3 twice, most recently v Palermo 21/10/10, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: CSKA v AIK 30/08/12, play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Ludogorets v CSKA 19/09/19, group stage RCD Espanyol Formed: 1900 Nickname: Periquitos/Pericos (Parakeets), Blanquiazules (White and Blues) 5 PFC CSKA Moskva - RCD Espanyol Thursday 3 October 2019 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit CSKA Arena, Moscow UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1988), (2007) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Spanish Cup: 4 (2006) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-2: Espanyol v Zulte Waregem 23/11/06, UEFA Cup group stage 4-0 three times, most recently v Stjarnan 25/07/19, UEFA